
Justin McMurray is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering who joined the lab in 2020. He develops wearable and point-of-care biomedical devices that noninvasively monitor physiological parameters and has filed seven patents for new wearable technologies that monitor biomarkers continuously day and night using multimodal sensing consisting of bioimpedance, photoplethysmography, contact pressure, temperature, gyroscopes, and accelerometers. Additionally, he is developing electrochemical sensors and supporting hardware and software to continuously monitor ions, enzymes, proteins, and other target molecules of interest. Before pursuing his Ph.D., he worked for 16 years in a diverse range of jobs around the globe, including as an A&P aircraft mechanic, engineer, consultant, and business management. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M. Justin is also a member of the United States Air Force, where he has served both as an enlisted member and a commissioned officer where he is currently a Medical Service Corps officer involved with leading and managing one of the nation’s largest, most diverse health care systems.